| MICRONESIA | The NW division of Oceania, which includes the Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati island groups, and Nauru Island |
| POLYNESIA | Major division of Oceania which includes Tonga and Samoa (9) |
| WOOMERA | Aboriginal spear-throwing device; or, a town north of Adelaide, site of a vast military testing grou |
| SWIFT | Known collectively as a scream, bird that sleeps on the wing with special precautions if found "grou |
| DENVERNUGGETS | Northwest Division team that has never reached the NBA Finals: 2 wds. |
| CLASS | Grou of pu ils caug tSco ish girl (5) |
| PSINAPOD | GROU(P) OF HUM(P)BACKS |
| UTAHJAZZ | Northwest Division NBA team that hired a first-time head coach in 2022: 2 wds. |
| GILBERT | The Pacific nations of Tuvalu and Kiribati were once known as the ... and Ellice Islands |
| GUAM | Largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands in the W Pacific, and the westernmost territory of the United States (4) |
| MELANESIA | Division of Oceania that includes Fiji and Vanuatu (9) |
| AAPI | Ethnic umbrella that includes people from Korea and Kiribati (Abbr.) |
| TARAWA | Coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands in the westcentral Pacific Ocean; location of Bairiki, the administrative centre of Kiribati (6) |
| TRENCH | The deepest point on the Earth's surface is located in the Mariana ______ in the Pacific Ocean. (6) |
| TUVALU | Pacific country between Fiji and Kiribati (6) |
| ARMEDFORCES | Organizations banned by Costa Rica and Kiribati |
| NAURU | Third-smallest country in the world after Vatican City and Monaco, in the SW Pacific west of Kiribati (5) |
| LINEISLAND | Each year, which part of Kiribati is the first place to see the New Year? (4,6) |
| BIGBROTHER | Character and symbol in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the leader of the totalitarian state of Oceania (3,7) |
| ALDOUS | ___ Snow, Russell Brand's character in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek" |
